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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Sutton and Cheam 1951
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Sutton and Cheam]
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The following table shows the new cases and deaths In age
groups.
The following table shows the new cases and deaths in age groups.
| AGE PERIODS | NEW CASES | DEATHS | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pulmonary | Non-Pulmonary | Pulmonary | Non-Pulmonary | |||||
| M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | |
| 0 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - |
| 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 | - | l | - | 1 | - |
| 15 | 9 | 13 | 2 | 2 | l | - | - | - |
| 25 | 10 | 5 | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | - |
| 35 | 5 | 5 | 1 | - | - | 2 | - | - |
| 45 | 10 | 1 | - | 2 | 2 | - | - | - |
| 55 | 6 | - | - | - | 4 | - | - | - |
| 65 and above | 3 | 1 | - | - | 3 | 1 | 1 | - |
| TOTALS | 46 | 28 | 5 | 5 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 1 |
Notification of Tuberculosis
Respiratory forms of death - Thirteen out of sixteen were
notified.
Other forms of death - Two out of three were notified.
Mass Radiography
A mass radiography unit visited the Borough on two occasions
during the year. In June the unit was stationed at the Catholic
Hall, Cheam Common Road, Worcester Park, and in September at the
Public Hal1 Sutton.
A total of five thousand six hundred and fifty eight persons attended for examination. The final results were as follows.
| Total X-Rayed | No. of cases of active Pulmonary Tuberculosis | No. of cases of arrested Pulmonary Tuberculosis | Non- Tuberculous abnormalities | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| WORCESTER PARK | ||||
| Males | 606 | 3 | 23 | 32 |
| Females | 1050 | - | 41 | 31 |
| Total | 1656 | 3 | 64 | 63 |
| Incidence | ||||
| per l,000 examined | - | 1.8 | 38.6 | 38.0 |
| SUTTON | ||||
| Males | 1653 | 8 | 66 | 117 |
| Females | 2349 | 6 | 103 | 19 |
| Total | 4002 | 14 | 169 | 136 |
| Incidence Per l,000 examined | - | 3.5 | 42.2 | 33.9 |